This week, we’re thrilled to be joined by Nicola Dinan to discuss her debut novel, Bellies, which follows the fluctuating relationship of Tom and Ming in the wake of Ming’s transition.
We chat with Nicola about the danger of portraying trans characters as overly virtuous, how to avoid this reductive trope in writing, and why trans people should be allowed to be selfish, indecisive, and even unlikeable.
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We chat with Nicola about the danger of portraying trans characters as overly virtuous, how to avoid this reductive trope in writing, and why trans people should be allowed to be selfish, indecisive, and even unlikeable.
Catch Love Lives on Independent TV and YouTube, as well as all major social and podcast platforms.
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00:00 You said that when we do have trans characters in popular culture,
00:03 there's this impetus to create them as completely virtuous.
00:06 Yeah, you look at a very marginalized group
00:10 and there's a fear of playing into people's unfair judgments
00:17 on that group of people, and that's completely out of my hands.
00:21 But at the same time, as a writer and as a trans writer,
00:24 it's also kind of a vulnerable act to put out a character
00:28 who might just be received the wrong way.
00:31 You kind of have to take that risk to create meaningful characters
00:36 that people find relatable.
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